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Moms Give the Best Advice

Just received this lovely e-mail from my mom. Clearly the Kelly in her mind gets into a lot of street fights.

Carroll, J. MS DOC to me

Classification:  UNCLASSIFIED
Caveats: NONE

How’s work going?  Don’t punch anyone in the face.


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Prince Harry Comes to West Point…

Harry at West Point. Photo courtesy of Telegraph.

…and all I got was this t-shirt.

On his second official visit to NY this weekend, HRH Harry stopped by West Point for some target practice Friday, and no one informed me about it ahead of time. So here I am, visiting stupid Chicago (I’m kidding, Chicago’s awesome), while royalty is literally right outside my door. How am I ever going to be a princess if my mom doesn’t notify me of these things! Anyway, enjoy the video below.

P.S. Harry, our kids would be gorgeous gingers!

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Today’s Dose of Crazy

An apparently deranged man jumped into a moving truck parked at Avenue I in Marine Park, and took both Good Samaritans and police on a wild chase. He was wearing nothing but a shirt and underwear. Photo and caption courtesy of the NY Daily News

I’m sitting in Logan airport waiting for my flight to Chi-town to visit Sam before she begins her residency and I don’t see her for the next four years. Thanks to Emirates United (who knew), I have free internet and have been surfing the web for the day’s best stories. They are, in no particular order, all below, and all fabulous.

CLASSY
A couple was arrested Wednesday for trying to sell their 6-month-old baby in a Walmart parking lot in Salinas, California. They approached two women, who of course thought they were joking, but as the man persisted, the women became alarmed and called the police. The couple, Samantha Tomasini and Patrick Fousek, was arrested in their (messy) house, and police noted that they seemed high on methamphetamine. Tomasini, 20, told Child Protective Services when they took the baby from her that she’d breastfed while on drugs. They were arrested for being under the influence of narcotics, and in addition Fousek, 38, was charged with violating probation….(via the Daily Beast)

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